The village raised £56,000 to repair
the roof and stonework of our lovely church, St Michael's, Crambe.

We raised £860 from the Grand Prize Draw, which is a
tremendous effort, and in excess of £6,000 from the 100 Club and donations.
The photography exhibition raised a further £320.

Sadly we were unsuccessful in our bid for a grant from English Heritage
as they stated that our building was not in as dire a state as others
who had applied!

Report and Notes on Current Condition (August 2007)

There was a sizeable and active colony
of masonry bees in the south wall. The bees had burrowed deep into
the wall allowing water to penetrate the core. These were removed and the walls re-pointed

In many places the walls were extensively
and deeply open-jointed and some stonework was heavily eroded. Many
areas needed re-pointing.

The nave roof was in very poor condition
with numerous slipped, and defective slates. This was largely caused
by the rotting of the original oak peg fixings. This resulted
in large gaps between the slates allowing wind driven rain to enter
the roof void. The only solution was to remove the slates, repair any
timber work found to be defective and replace the slates with modern
fixings.

The lead flashings were in poor condition
allowing rainwater to run down the inside walls in a number of areas.

There were no gutters on the roof
to channel the rainwater into down pipes and away from the building.
The rain water from the roof poured into a stone channel
surrounding the building which regularly overflowed resulting in water
entering the footings causing internal dampness.